DAEGU, Mar. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The city of Daegu is coming up with various tourist programs that combine sports and other special events to attract Chinese tourists. The city said that 350 Chinese tourists will be coming to Daegu to watch the AFC Champions League match between Daegu FC and Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao FC [...]

SEOUL, Dec. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Chinese group tourists, who helped fuel local retail sector growth in recent years, have yet to make a full comeback despite the easing of restrictions by Beijing, South Korean duty-free store operators said Sunday. The assessment came as official data from the Bank of Korea showed that 475,000 Chinese [...]

SEOUL, Nov. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Sales at South Korean duty-free stores rose 28.6 percent on-year last month, industry data showed Tuesday, despite a lingering row between Seoul and Beijing over a U.S. missile defense system. Sales of local duty-free operators came to US$1.44 billion in October, according to the data compiled by the Korea [...]

SEOUL, Aug. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean retailers are accelerating efforts to attract more Chinese consumers, companies said Thursday, as they strive to recover from the fallout from the diplomatic row between Seoul and Beijing over the stationing of a U.S. anti-missile system. Lotte Duty Free, South Korea’s No. 1 duty-free operator, said it [...]

SEOUL, Aug. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Shinsegae DF Inc., the duty-free arm of South Korean retail giant Shinsegae, said Friday it is ramping up marketing efforts to lure more Chinese tourists as the company moves to expand its presence in the country’s duty-free market. Shinsegae DF said it has partnered with Ctrip to allow consumers [...]

SEOUL, Aug. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Repeated government efforts to prevent cheap, low-quality package tours to South Korea by Chinese tourists are being questioned again as the number of travelers from the neighboring country increases, industry watchers said Thursday. The tally for June from the Korea Tourism Organization showed the volume of Chinese visitors to [...]

SEOUL, May 25 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s cosmetics and tourism industries have yet to benefit much from China’s lifting of a ban on group tours to Seoul despite a recent gain in the number of Chinese visitors, sources said Friday. In March last year, China took a set of retaliatory measures against Seoul, including [...]

SEOUL, March 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Tourists from China spent an average of US$3,007 in South Korea last year, a survey showed Tuesday, with duty-free shops and cosmetics stores as the most popular shopping locations here. The average on-location spending by Chinese tourists during their visits to South Korea, excluding tour group fees and costs [...]

SEOUL, Nov. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The trade deficit in South Korea’s tourism industry rose to a record high level in the first eight months of this year, due largely to a drop in Chinese visitors following a diplomatic row between Seoul and Beijing over a U.S. missile defense system here, data showed Monday. The [...]